Happy 40th Birthday, Tuam Community Games

Tuam U-13 Gaelic football team and Tuam soccer team represented Connacht at the same national finals. A boys basketball team from Tuam also competed at the county finals in 1975, winning the Tayto Perpetual Trophy in boys U-16s at the Galway County finals for four years. From then on, participation in Community Games increased in the Tuam Area with young competitors taking part in athletics, track, field and relays, marathons, swimming, Gaelic football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, camogie, hurling, choir, draughts, chess, table quizzes, art, model- making, rugby, rounders, cycling, judo, cross-country and mixed distance relays, hard-court tennis, gymnastics, pitch & putt, table tennis and projects. Appreciation is extended to the managers, coaches and trainers who managed teams for the above activities and travelled with the young competitors to the county, provincial and national finals. Our thanks to past Committee members â€â€ Anthony Blade, Matt Flesk, Bro. Morgan, the late Mons. Dominic Grealy, Leo McGrath, Jimmy Cleary, Tom and the late Gemma Wholihan, Harold Campbell, the late Niall and Greta McGinn, Thomas and Kitty O'Rourke, John Heffernan RIP, Fr. Moloney, Seán O'Gorman RIP, Tony Lee, Jimmy Mannion RIP, Martin Douglas, Michael Roche, Eamon O'Connell, Joe Diskin, Tina O'Halloran, Bart Gormley, Michael O'Meara, Rita Courtney, Breda Hynes, Lena Dennehy, Jim Byrne and Bríd Byrne, John RIP and Mary O'Brien, Willie RIP, Bridie and Deirdre Newell, Cyril Colleran RIP, Eamon and Nuala Higgins, Mattie Coleman, Mickey and Chrissie Coleman, Micheál O'Rourke, Liam Kelly, John Lawlor, Angela Hynes-Kelly, Patricia Monaghan, Paddy Gilmore, Kevin Donnellan, Hugh Gallagher and Thomas O'Rourke. We wish to thank Tuam Community Council for their leadership in promoting Community Games in Tuam. Also to the people who organised the different areas within the town and assisted at the town finals. A special word of thanks to the business people of Tuam for their continued financial support and without whose assistance we would not have been able to carry out the promotion of Community Games in the area and we would ask people to support these local businesses. Appreciation is also extended to all the other sporting bodies, schools and colleges in Tuam for their support and for allowing us use their facilities to run our competitions and also to everybody who officiated at our games. To the different agencies within the town such as the Tuam Town Council, Red Cross, The Gardai and The Fire Service who gave tremendous service to the town of Tuam. Appreciation is also due to our local media, The Tuam Herald, Galway Bay fm and the Connacht Tribune for their coverage of the Community Games. Thanks to the teachers, parents and the thousands of participants who have kept the Community Games movement actively involved for the past 40 years in Tuam. â€â€ Tony Lee, Chairman.[/private]